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Roger Rosenberg: Baritonality
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Even in the day when the sound of baritone voices like Ernie Cacares, Harry Carney, Charlie Fowlkes and Joe Temperley streaked across the sonic stratosphere, solos were graceful, granular and short. It was only when Cecil Payne, Gerry Mulligan,, Pepper Adams and a handful of other players up until Hamiet Bluiett,, John Surman and Howard Johnson ...
George Colligan: Come Together
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Mathematically, it would be well nigh impossible to count the multitude of sensory organs and multiplicity of fingers (and thumbs) at work in pianist George Colligan on Come Together. Sometimes they work in unison, while at other times quite independent of each other, to produce daring polytonality. In a voice as charismatic as an evangelist at ...
George Colligan: Come Together
by Dan McClenaghan
New York-based pianist George Colligan has been prolific since his 1996 debut, Activism (Steeplechase Records), releasing nineteen CDs as a leader. He keeps it fresh with Come Together, a very energetic and modern-sounding piano trio affair.The set opens with the title tune, written before Colligan was born (just barely, in 1969). Penned by John ...
Magos Herrera: Distancia
by Holly Holmes
Mexican jazz vocalist Magos Herrera may not be a household name among jazz audiences, but she certainly deserves to be. With the release of her seventh album as a leader, Distancia (Sunnyside, 2009) shows off not only her rich contralto voice but also an artist with expressive depth. Distancia is an extraordinarily diverse ...
Joe Gilman Trio: Time Again: Brubeck Revisited - Vol.1
by AAJ Italy Staff
La recente pubblicazione dell'omaggio a Stevie Wonder, View so Tender, da parte del Joe Gilman Trio, offre lo spunto per parlare del loro primo CD: Time Again: Brubeck Revisited. Volume One, poi seguito dal Vol. 2, in base a una logica di tributi sviluppati su due CD, confermata dai compact dedicati a Wonder. Joe Gilman è ...
Yaron Herman Trio: Muse
by Raul d'Gama Rose
If music could exist outside of time--not as in rhythm, but as in the time-space continuum--then it might sound like the glassy, ice-hot pianism of Yaron Herman. How did he get to inhabit this spare soundscape in almost suspended animation? Perhaps it is because he is powered by the magic of an uninhibited soul--that and the ...
Kenny Barron: The Traveler
by Florence Wetzel
The Traveler is a delicious offering of ten beautiful songs by pianist Kenny Barron. Eight of the tunes were composed by Barron, and each one is brimming with his famous lyricism. Most of the songs feature solid underpinning by Kiyoshi Kitagawa (bass) and Francisco Mela (drums), and in addition the CD features a variety of guests ...
Rez Abbasi: Things to Come
by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
It may be a new day in America but we're all still keenly interested in identity. This is a statement of sociopolitical reality, but it is also an observation of musical trend. In the liner notes for Things to Come, guitarist Rez Abbasi writes about recording music that is neither jazz nor Indian; it has its ...
Melissa Walker: In The Middle Of It All
by Raul d'Gama Rose
If there was something similar to method acting" in music and it were not so passé a word, then it would be tempting to suggest that Melissa Walker's In The Middle Of It All is such a master class. As it happens, the record is a lot more than that, hinting at griot traditions and as ...
John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble: Eternal Interlude
by Raul d'Gama Rose
John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble Eternal Interlude Sunnyside Records 2009 The music on Eternal Interlude by drummer John Hollenbeck cannot be described in one word, but if it could that word would be poignant." But of course, one word is not enough, so in settling for two, those would ...


